Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Atkins v. Oregon Department of Revenue

Atkins v. Or. Dep’t of Revenue, 516 U.S. 1042 (1996)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1996-01-08
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • “the credibility of witnesses is the province of the jury and we simply cannot replace the jury’s credibility determination with our own.”
  • “the credibility of witnesses is the province of the jury and we simply cannot replace the jury’s credibility determinations with our own”
  • upward departure permitted for disruption of government function in large-scale Medicade fraud case

Citator

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Sup. Ct. Ore. Certiorari denied.